Army & Navy - The Armless & Legless

The Army went out of its way last week to
spike grisly rumors that fantastic numbers of U.S. soldiers have been
dreadfully maimed. Brig. General Fred W. Rankin, chief consultant in
surgery, reported: 1,194 soldiers have had limbs amputated;* 68 of
these have lost two limbs. Rankin added, "There was not a single triple
amputation nor was there a single quadruple, or so-called 'basket type'
of case."

* The total number of U.S. Army wounded reported up to March
7:50,363-